Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.

If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.

Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right.

I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead.

Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.